our summer days

We've been busy as ever the past couple of weeks. Summer is great, the weather here is awesome. Soccer is winding up, and swimming lessons were supposed to start this past week. I say "supposed to" because we had a little change in plans..... it seems that you can't do swimming lessons unless the child is actually willing to get in the water, with someone other than a parent. Needless to say, we'll still be spending a lot of time at the pool this summer, and try for a more successful Summer of swimming lessons next year.

This Saturday is Will's very last soccer club. He has really enjoyed it and I think it is a positive experience for his time ever doing team sports..... or sports in general.

Sitting on his ball...... this is what he's best at! :) Just kidding!
Ready to kick it and make a goal!
There's Scott, or "coach" showing the kids some awesome moves.
On Friday this week, we took a trip to the beach. Lake Erie is really pretty and there are some really fun beaches close by. So, we loaded up the car for a day at the beach with some friends. It was great, we had a fun day, enjoyed the water and Will loved collecting a bunch of shells, rocks, and seaweed...... or something. This is the only picture I got of the boys at the beach. This is also before the sand mishap. Note to self: if you have hair like Eli, and you get a bunch of sand in it, from falling over, right into the sand.... you have to buzz your hair. True story. Eli fell over, right into the sand, got sand all over in his hair and face, and it DOES NOT come out of his hair. So, that night we had to buzz it, and the next day, I was still picking sand out of it.

Will also got his summer buzz. Now Eli has one to match! It is so humid here that they get really sweaty, so the best way to keep them both nice and cool is to buzz their hair.

After the beach, we came home and Will started playing outside with neighbors. One of our little neighbor friends came over and they wanted to turn on the sprinklers. I was fine with that since we were all covered in sand, it was a great way to wash him off before he came inside. This is Will's friend Makiah. She's a hoot. She has three older brothers and you can tell, she gives Will a run for his money.
Now, we are back to the beginning of another week! Where does the time go? I can't wait to post pictures of our piano. Scott painted it this week and it looks SO great. I'll post some pictures soon!